topcat

$1200 engine and a ecu to match.cheaper then all other options mentioned so far

/i got a 3.5 out of my e28.ran great,good power and have receits for head work not too long ago. also have e34 3.5 ecu

Another red e28?! should an interesting show and shine. well one day anyway when i'm FINALLY finnished with the optional engine xtras

got one of those laying around place.$90

it realy depends if you want to buy "off the shelf" or get your hands dirt and do it yourself? your welcome to check out what ive got. to give you an idea what a 'home made' would look like

interesting,not very subtle though.prefer to go fast upto the corner,throw out the anchor and turn

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa128/red535t/ engine; e34 block (early) Hartge few scratches in 2 of the bores.but used it as the holes were straight and not much wear measured. pistons; kept the originals 9.0- compression' a few markes but hey it was cheap. new rings-nothing fancy/new bearings shells/seals MSL gasket -25% thicker then standard head off a e32;stripped and reasembled by shop.best of what i had in the parts bins(valves,rockers) reground cam shaft. apparently a little more angle(?) revy?? new timing chain-slotted front sprocket,TDC perfect. after the engine was reasembled i fitted a m5 paddle clutch and dropped it back in the hole.clocked up 1000 odd k's before removing the exhaust /manifold and started fitting up the bits 42lb injectors-cheers TCD 38mm wategate cheers TCD Turbo-t61 100mm intake.T4 hotside think i'll get a beany for the hot bit-it glows HKS 100 filter pod for the front of its mouth to keep birds and small children being sucked in to it. 2.5' exchaust from begining to end with 1 coby and 1 3' muffler at the end. had it running with the old loom/ecu and it wasnt too loud but has lost the bmw 'burble' intercooler sourced overseas (which i bring into the country,one of which is now on trademe). frontmounted 18'x12' radiator still to come to cool all the hot stuff down 3 VDO sender units for the usual info-oil pressure/water temp/boost.looking to fit a small/tidy digital display sum where in the dash looking to re-wire a e34 loom into the bay.looks a heap more tidier.and then an ecu.looking to go with a EMS 8860 system. keep stock ignition at this stage this is 4 months of on/off mucking round in the shed has produced cheers marty

well see what numbers come up at the dyno. as for my mistakes,i can give lessons. at a small charge. most parts pictured were imported.let me know what bits you need,i'll give you a price

testing pics

forget that last post.still cant view for sum reason.

thought i'd share this with you all.not far to go

its not difficult to for the overal cost to spiral. i imported 42lb injectors = $400 wastegate =375 turbo =1300 there's 2G already.budgeted of 7 and will be with in that number at this stage, if NOTHING goes wrong. touch wood. nearly finished lay out and install of intake/intercool setup.soon the headace of grafting a e34 loom into the e28 format. sum say why? its a whole lot tidyr.will post for all you nosy folks out there another way to keep prices down in thintake department is using exchaust bends. Or ask me for a price when you know what you need in the silican range. All sizes,shapes,reducers etc that can be imagined. Colours available-blue,red,black. i import from states. super cheap when compared with the likes of repco etc

2K is not going to get you far,but if you could source cheap parts and have friends in high places it can be done. so far i have spent a lot of dollars.even on the cheap or as cheap as poss. every thing i could do myself i did-engine rebuild,echaust manifold,fitting etc. one thing i have done is buy everything new. up to 5300 so far.now for the ecu. find your self a second job or sell off what you dont need.makes these projects much cheaper, or get a loan-not recommended.(i just bought in a turbo from states and sold it on to a guy who has taken out a small morgage to 'improve' his rx3)

whats the budget? new componets or used? more power bigger brakes and beefer clutch is commenly over looked.so add that to the equation.

nice.....thats one way of going about it

In my day does cut it, as far as I can see.. Do the crime, Do the time. No blaming society for the actions one person/persons does / did Dont let them out off prison before the term is up. and none of this paying off fines at $5 pre week cause "i cant afford it" folks who are licensed to drive should be held accountable for the privalage.or any other activity for that matter as for the guy who got killed-why did he get in the way?what was he doing there in the first place? what was the last thing going through his mind?'look two moons'? I'm shore they were racing chariots illegaly many moons ago i didnt pass 5 form english

my thinking is that this country is trying and is fast becoming a 'nanny-state'.one where the goverment runs and controls everything.If put in that light it sounds like a socialists dream.But then where are aunty Helens roots? doesnt help having a media that hypes everything out of proportion. kids will be kids.only things changed is the hp rating of cars.and at what price we can buy it.20+ yrs ago if you were to crack 100 mile/hour you had a grunty car.

agreed-buy a nissan. everythings do and relativly cheap

two hairdryers?? i thought i had problems fitting just one in the e28. hve fun-should go well when its done

and the verdict is..........? your input would and is appreciated.difficult to change the setup as i'm nearing ecu stage.but still appreciated

Being top mounted turbo manifolds I'm picking that they can also be used in the RHD cars. but i would ask to save on the egg factor. pics loaded up ok.??dont know any more on that. if you want pics of my beaten up e28 sporting new opional extras leave me your email

Pics would be helpfull wouldnt they. Nice work Mike,and a very tidy budget. The setup i'm running is 'make it as you go' and 'sh*t that looks good/bout right' system I dont see the need to spend more than nessecary to get the desired result.but i do admit that a cracked echaust manifold would put a dampner on my day.TCD $679us + postage make it 1000+ for us.I spent about 55- coby cut sum 6 flanges,bought sum reducers(50-40mm,65-50mm) and 2 elbos (40,75).bolted the flanges on a old head that was laying around.cut pipes to the appropriate sizes and started pasting.basicaly it looks like a an expanding pipe with the turbo sitting and the front of cylinder 1.I'm no expert on welding but ive run the car with every thing attached and dont have leaks or other unforseen issues. It does help having a small workshop at work. I'll post sum pics of progress at sum stage. sure i can show you how to weld,its not difficult

why spend large $$ when you can make or get one made up? shore the thing I made doesnt look the prettiest,but its working fine at this stage of the 3.5L turbo build. Also lookup 666fabrication.com for sum great looking bits that look and perform the part

car is complete so yeah its all there.its all available.milage is unknown at this stage, cant get the odo to light up. yes we have swaped bulbs etc. could check with the higher powers.

motor and box out of '88 750il just acquired resently.have listed on trademe but can sort something out if theres interest. would make an interesting project to slip into an e30. have this + grey leather interior